Lawn-trimming attachment



July 15, 1930. M. scHLEicHl-:R I 1,770,434

' LAWN TRIMMING ATTACHMENT Filed June 1v, 192s l! S \///////////////7//Q f /f//j/ Patented July 15, 1930 1,770,434

UNITED STATES PATENT vOFFICE.

MARTIN SCHLEICHER, F FREMONT, NEBRASKA LAWN-TRIMMING ATTACHMENTApplication led June 17, 1929. Serial No. 371,505.

This invention relates to a lawn trimming hanging the blade 4 is a bolt5 on which a attachment for lawn' mowers, one of its obcutting disk -6is mounted for rotation. jects being to provide a simple, durable andThis disk works between the ends 7 of brace efficient device that can beapplied readily to rods 8 that converge toward and are prefera lawnmower whereby when the mower is ably integral with a clamp member 9. An-55 inverted and pushed along the party to be other clamp member isivotall;7 connecttrimmed, the attachment will cut away and ed to themember 9 and a olt 11 1s adapted pulverize the sod so as to leave awellto draw the clamp members toward each trimmed edge produced with theminimum other.

10 effort, A spacing sleeve 12 is mounted on bolt 5. e0

With the foregoing and other objects in between disk 6 and that rod 8nearest standview which will appear as the description ard 1. Thissleeve serves to maintain the proceeds, the invention resides in thecomdisk close to the free end of blade 4 below bination and arrangementof parts and in the which it projects a short distance.

details of construction hereinafter described Arm 2 is adapted t0 extendaCIOss the han- 65 and claimed, it being understood that dle B and to beclamped thereto by U-bolts 13 changes in the precise embodiment of thelinlocated at opposite sides of handles B and fasvention hereindisclosed may be made withtened to a clamping plate 14.

in the scope of what is claimed without de- If desired a stud 14 may bebolted to the parting from the spirit of the invention. flat portion 3of standard l to provide a. bear- 70 In the accompanying drawings theprelng for a gage roller 15. This stud and its ferred form of theinvention has been shown. roller need not be used under some conditions.

In said drawings, In practice the attachment is fastened to Figure 1 isa perspective view of the lawn the handle B and to the rod C and sopositrimmer in use, the same being shown contioned that, when the lawnmover is inverted, 75

nected to an inverted lawn mower. the blade 4 will be free to travelbetween disk Figure 2 is a section through a portion of 6 .and theextreme edge of the lawn to be the attachment, trlmmed. If the lawn isto be trimmed along Figure 3 'is a view partly in side elevation a WalkW it Will abut thereagainst as shown.

and partly in section of a portion of the brace By pushing the lawnmower forwardly and so and clamp forming a part of the attachment, atthe same time pressing downwardly on the the rod to which it is appliedbeing shown in handle B a suflicient distance to force the disk section.6 through the sod, that portionof the sod be- Figure 4 is a perspectiveview of a lawn tween the disk and the walk will be severed mower in itsnormal position and showing from the remainder of the lawn and the blade85 the attachment extended thereabo've in inac- 4 pressing into thissevered strip will tend to tive position. j pulverize it or reduce it toa finely comminut- Referring to the figures by characters of ed state soas to leave a substantially clear reference, A designates a lawn mowerhaving unsodded space between the walk and the line 40 the usual handleB and reinforcing or cross of the cut. If roller 15 is used the downward90 rod C. thrust will be limited thereby. If it is not The structureconstituting the present inused t-he thrust can be regulated bymanipuvention includes a metal tube or other suitn lating handle B. abledevice bent to provide a standard l After the first cutting of sodduring the merging at one end into a laterally extending trimming of alawn it might be desirable to 95 arm 2. The other end of the standard isremove the sod to leave a shallow ditch but attened as at 3 and has anintegral laterally thereafter every trimming operation will proextendingblade 4 constituting a pulverizer duce a pulverizing action and willnotl necessiand gage. tate the removal of any refuse.

Extending through the standard and over- When the attachment is not inuse the lawn 100 mower can be reversed to bring it to its normalposition as shown in Figure 4 at which time the attachment will besupported thereabove.

Wha-t is claimed is:

The combination with a lawn mower having a transverse brace rod and ahandle o a. lawn trimming attachment connected to the lawn mower andadapted to be held in active position by the lawn mower when inverted,said attachment including a standard formed in a single length ofmaterial shaped to provide in one piece, a pulverizing blade extendu inglaterally from one end thereof and an arm at the other end, means fordetaehably and adj ustably connecting the arm to the handle, means fordetachably and adjustably connecting the standard to the rod, and acutting disk carried by the standard and extending across one end of theblade, said handle constituting a lever adapted to swing downwardly totransmit downward thrusts to the disk and blade.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixedmy signature.

MARTIN SCHLEICHER.

